In This Episode
Comey renders his judgment on everyone, Cohen has a rough day in court, Hannity is Client #3, and Trump launches airstrikes. Then The New Yorker’s Adam Davidson talks to Jon about his piece, “The End Stage of the Trump Presidency.”
Show Notes:
Comey Interview:
- Washington Post: Comey says Trump ‘morally unfit to be president,’ possibly susceptible to Russian blackmail
- New York Times: James Comey’s ABC Interview: Five Highlights
- Axios: The premiere of “The Comey Show”
- The New Yorker: James Comey’s Blistering Interview About Donald Trump
- Daily Beast: James Comey’s ABC Interview Has Furious FBI Insiders Lashing Out
- USA Today Exclusive: James Comey strikes back against ‘morally unfit’ Donald Trump in scathing interview
- NPR: Ahead Of New Book, Comey Defends Handling Of Clinton Email Scandal
- Axios: Loretta Lynch: Comey never raised concerns to me about Clinton emails
- Washington Post: The morning after Comey’s interview airs, Trump throws another punch at the fired FBI director
- Vox: Donald Trump is losing it on Twitter over James Comey
- LA Times: James Comey interview boosts ABC’s Sunday ratings, but doesn’t win the night
Investigations into Trump:
- New York Times: Judge Rejects Trump’s Request to Review Seized Cohen Materials
- Washington Post: Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s mystery legal client: Fox News commentator Sean Hannity
- Washington Post: What to make of the dramatic court fight over Michael Cohen’s documents
- Think Progress: Michael Cohen skips court to smoke cigars, judge fumes
- McClatchy: Mueller has evidence Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of dossier
- Wall Street Journal: Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Used the Same Delaware Company for Payment Deals to Two Women
- New York Times: Trump Sees Inquiry Into Cohen as Greater Threat Than Mueller
New Stage?
- Adam Davidson’s piece: Michael Cohen and the End Stage of the Trump Presidency
- Crooked: The End Stage of the Trump Presidency, and the Gangsterization of America
- Bloomberg: Cohen Isn’t the Biggest Catch from Trump World
Syria
- New York Times: U.S., Britain and France Strike Syria Over Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack
- Washington Post: Trump uses phrase that haunted Bush: ‘Mission Accomplished!’
- The New Yorker: The Hypocrisy of Trump’s “Mission Accomplished” Boast About Syria
- New York Times: Chemical Arms Experts Blocked From Site of Syria Attack
- The Atlantic: Trump’s Syria Strategy Actually Makes Sense
- Washington Post: Syria’s Assad in a ‘good mood,’ scorns U.S. weaponry after airstrikes
- Washington Post: Trump puts the brakes on new Russian sanctions, reversing Haley’s announcement
- Foreign Policy: The New Cold War Is Boiling Over in Syria
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